DIEHL, Carl Gustav Ruben

DIEHL, Carl Gustav Ruben. Malmö 21.9.1906 — Lund 1.5.1995. Swedish Lutheran Missionary, Bishop, and Scholar of South Indian Religion. Son of a house manager, Anders Diehl and Emma Andersson, matriculated from Malmö in 1925. From 1925 studies of theology at Lund, teol.kand. 1929, ordained as a priest in 1930. Missionary of the Swedish Church in South India from 1932 to 1953. During vacations studied philology at Lund, fil.kand. 1939, fil.lic. 1948. Ph.D. 1956 Lund. From 1956 Docent at Lund. In 1954-59 acting Professor of history of religion and psychology of religion at Lund University, in 1960-66 Mission Director and Docent at Uppsala. In 1967-72 Bishop of Trankebar, Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church. Married in 1935 the nurse Agnes Friberg (1904–), 2 daughters.